Corn-sheller for table use



PATENT EEICE.

E. LAVRENCE TEVIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA..

CORN-SHELLER FOR TABLE USE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,092, dated `Tanuary16, 1866.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. LAWRENCE TEVis, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedCorn -Sheller for Table Use; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a full-sized perspective view, showing the general forni ofthe sheller. Fig. 2 is a sketch, showing the Way the sheller is used.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to inake and use niy invention, Iwill hereby describe its construction and operation.

The sheller. Fig. l, is made of wood or any metal generally used forforks and spoons. The handle, entirely similar to that of a tablespoonor fork, is formed at point A into two branches, K and K', of wellproportioned thickness and Width, said branches supporting thesaw-toothed blade D, which is set on them at a proper angle, of ninetydegrees or about, with the plan of the branches K K.

The way of using the sheller above described is as follows: The lefthand holds the ear of corn with any ordinary table-forli, while theright hand scrapes the corn off the cob with the Sheller abovedescribed, and shown in Fig. 2.

I ani aware that niany devices have been already invented and contrivedfor the 1naking of instruments fitted for shelling and scrapingcorn-ears. I ain also aware that toothed blades have been applied to thesame use; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The toothed blade I), in combination with branches K K and handle H,using for that purpose any suitable metal or hard wood, or bothcombined, when constructed and operating as herein set forth anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand.

E. LAWRENCE TEVIS Witnesses:

C. D. COLLADAY, R. M. HARTLEY.

